correct. so they could sue itch, which does have an agreement with them. and itch can sue the processors.
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Newsteinleo@midwest.social 10 months agoLikely not, the devs don’t have an agreement of any kind with the processor.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 10 months ago
SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah, I figured it would probably be something more like that order of operations. But I’m also sure there is probably a clause in the agreement between dev and store that says they can pull your game for any reason without notice, so there’s probably nothing that can be done.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 10 months ago
correct, but it could be argued the clause is too broad and doesn’t fit into the current circumstances considering it wasn’t a choice itch made, but a choice their payment processor forced them to make.
that in itself could be a bridge that leads to a direct confrontation between developers and mastercard.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Valve, on the other hand, should be sueing if the Mastercard statement proves false and it was in fact their policies forcing the Steam and Itch io takedowns.